biological warfare

A hypothetical military technique that could be used by either nations or non-governmental bodies—e.g., the use of pathogens—viruses, bacteria, other disease-causing biological agents, or the toxins produced by them as biological weapons

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Warfare in which disease-producing microorganisms, toxins, or organic biocides, e.g., Bacillus anththracis or Yersinia pestis are deliberately used to destroy, injure, or immobilize livestock, vegetation, or human life, as by causing diseases, e.g., anthrax or plague.

Your source Michael Pantella at the University of Iowa said that combating a biological attack should be the same as any infectious disease and that if antibiotics are stockpiled in sufficient numbers the public health system should be able to respond once a pathogen has been identified.

Glass fiber has a unique combination of characteristics: high compressive strength and tensile, heat resistant, non-flammability, low water absorption, resistance to chemical and biological attack, the

At the 1977 Senate hearing, Pentagon representatives insisted that the germ spraying was only intended to track the airborne bacteria and calculate the number of people who might be affected by a real biological attack.

Referring to the government's warning, which identified explosives as the likely mode of attack, as opposed to a chemical or biological attack or a radiological "dirty" bomb, Broder fears that a bomb could easily be smuggled into the building's lobby.

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